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jbr replied 2 days ago
rickburnett
rickburnett

I'm getting popup ads that open a new page after I punch a link I hit the link and an unrelated page comes up inn addition to the link I intended to open. It even does that when I click on an email. Is there a way for me to stop this? This was happening before I upgraded to the version I'm on now.

I'm getting popup ads that open a new page after I punch a link I hit the link and an unrelated page comes up inn addition to the link I intended to open. It even does that when I click on an email. Is there a way for me to stop this? This was happening before I upgraded to the version I'm on now.

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amoun
amoun
  • Top 10 Contributor

Settings > Permissions and data > Block popups

may help

rickburnett
rickburnett Question owner

already set, thanks though.

jbr
jbr
  • Top 10 Contributor

Sounds like a shady addon is pushing some advertising that way — can you restart into Troubleshoot Mode (from Help menu) and see if it keeps happening?

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